Function and Comfort by Josh Floyd
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These are images of custom mugs I’ve made for the Uwharrie Mercantile in downtown Troy, NC, and some other local businesses.
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These mugs are fired 3 times: Bisque, Glazed and then a decal is applied and fired into the surface in a 3rd firing.
Are you interested in having custom mugs made for your business? Contact me and lets talk! Email me at floydpots@gmail.com
This is work that I produced during my 2 year Artist Residency at the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove, NC. Most of the work was fired in a traditional groundhog kiln, and glazed with salt. You can see more about the process of firing the Groundhog kiln here.
You can find out more about the North Carolina Pottery Center with this link.
I am excited to share images of my most recent work for friends, family and fans to see. Feel free to contact me for particular items that might be for sale.
A gallery of images from my first wood firing as the Artist in Residence at the NC Pottery Center in Seagrove NC, back in 2014.
A gallery of work from the years I spent in Pennsylvania making pots.
There I worked with folks from IUP, Smicksburg, PA and worked from a lovely little studio in Brush Valley, PA.
Wood fired slab bottles produced during my residency at the Cub Creek Foundation in Appomattox VA, from 2004-2006
You can learn more about Cub Creek here!
I spent 2 years in Appomattox VA working and living at the Cub Creek Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. I met some wonderful people who have become life long friends and began to develop my voice in my clay work.
A groundhog kiln is a traditional southern pottery kiln. It is a low arched rectangle with a deep fire box at one end and a chimney at the other. They were often built into a hillside or deep in the ground, allowing the earth around it to buttress the arch, thus the name groundhog. You crawl in and out through the front door of the kiln and stack the pots under a fairly low arch, which is also attributed as source of the name.
This particular "Groundhog" was built in the late 1990's and serves as an educational tool for the NC Pottery Center. It has been used and fired by numerous potters around Seagrove. The stacking space is about the same as a 4x8' sheet of plywood with an arch that is 24" in the center, down to about 12" on each side of the arch. The firebox is about 36" deep and 48" wide.
I began loading the kiln on Wednesday, working in short spurts of 2-3 hrs over 3 days, and had the door bricked up on Friday night, with a small campfire going until around midnight. My friend Anne Pärtna cranked the kiln back up at 8 am Sat, giving me the chance to rest. I had help from Karla Pritchard,Levi Mahan, and Dave and Andrew Cannon in the evening. The whole of the firing took about 19hrs with a preheat on Friday and then the majority of the firing happening from 8am -12am Sunday. There are roughly 100 or so pots in the kiln. I hope to unload Tuesday evening this week.
I want to thank all the folks who helped out: Michael Mahan, Levi Mahan, Karla Pritchard, and Dave and Andrew Cannon. A special thanks to the staff of the North Carolina Pottery Center | Seagrove, NC for having me as the artist in residence. Their hard work and tireless efforts make the pottery center possible: Lindsey Lambert, Paulette Badgett, Emily Lassiter and Susan Greene.
This was a series of postcards that I made as Thank You cards for folks who bought work from me.
The jugs were drawn from a collection of pots displayed in my friend Betty Hovlands home in Brush Valley, PA.
